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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Third Turning: Culture Wars (1984-2005?).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do elders do in the general cycle of life according to the authors?
(a) Lead and transfer values.
(b) Look toward retirement.
(c) Wield power.
(d) Raise children .

2. Why are the men of Mt. Rushmore together according to the authors?
(a) They were friends.
(b) The four archetypes function together.
(c) They are from the same time period.
(d) They are historical figures.

3. What influences Americans' view of the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) Sustained marriages.
(b) Old classic television.
(c) Elaborate houses.
(d) Modern-set movies.

4. What comprises the First Turning according to the authors?
(a) The people strengthen civic institutions.
(b) The people become educated.
(c) The people wreck communities.
(d) The people destroy their health.

5. When a time period produces a revolutionary change, what stage are the 'prophets'?
(a) Elder.
(b) Birth.
(c) Midlife.
(d) Young adults.

Short Answer Questions

1. How frequently do these cycles of history repeat themselves?

2. How do many historians record cycles?

3. What do young adults act like in the general cycle of life according to the authors?

4. What was the generational cycle of 1640?

5. The authors say that present day Americans continue to acknowledge what periodic cycle?

(see the answer key)

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